Executive Decision Page #3

Jesus, they're climbing!

I'm climbing with them.

Too much stress on the sleeve!

We're losing pressure.

The seals are going!

Listen to me!

Close the hatch now

or we'll lose both planes!

Come on!

Grab my hand!

I can't hold it! Close the hatch!

Lower the sleeve!

Listen to me! Close the hatch now

or we'll all die!

We're losing pressure!

We're not going to make it!

You are!

She's gone.

Castle Rock, Big Eye Six.

We lost contact with Hail Mary.

Big Eye Six, was delivery accomplished?

Can't say. Hail Mary was attempting

delivery when contact ended.

Did they make it onboard?

If they did, they'll establish

a link with us. Where's the fleet?

The carrier group's heading to

an intercept point in the Atlantic.

Have them go to alert.

I have to check the equipment

in the avionics room.

Show me this room.

There's a depression.

A deformity of C-7.

He's got a fractured vertebrae.

We have to immobilize him.

Can you move over here, please?

-Move!

-Sorry.

Hang on, Cappy, you old dog.

Buddy, you got some morphine here.

That'll help the pain.

Give me a break. You go down there.

Quiet!

Go.

It's a fried circuit.

It's an overload of some kind.

It happens.

Close it.

Everything okay?

Just a blown circuit.

Must've been the turbulence.

What'll we do?

Get me the Pentagon on sat-com.

The radio didn't make it.

We have no way to tell them

we're onboard. They'll think we're dead.

Shut up, Cahill.

He's right. As far as they know,

we went down with the plane.

The Pentagon is going to shoot us down.

We were their only option.

Listen to me.

We must negotiate.

Tell Hassan the Pentagon

knows his plan. . .

. . .and he'll never be allowed

to reach U.S. airspace.

-Calm down.

-I'm fine.

I know what I'm talking about.

We have to!

It's our only chance.

They've got to listen.

That won't stop them.

Get your hands off me!

You're not going anywhere!

I didn't sign up for this

G.I. Joe bullshit!

We don't need to do that.

He'll be all right.

Listen to me.

There is no negotiating

with Nagi Hassan. Understand?

If he knew we were here,

he'd kill us.

So let's calm down, everybody.

Just sit down and relax.

With no way to communicate, he's right.

They'll blow us out of the sky.

They don't know we're not onboard.

They'll wait until the last second,

hoping for a break.

We've got some time.

How much time

before we hit U.S. airspace?

Three hours, 50 minutes.

What's left of the gear?

We've lost the sat-com. . .

. . .scanners, sleep agent.

We've got half the weapons, probes,

mikes, bomb kit. That's it.

It's vital you find Hassan.

It all centers around him.

All right.

Mikes and probes first.

Hook up Grant to the com board.

See if he can locate Hassan.

Everything we need is here.

We locate their positions. . .

. . .blow the lights and go night optics.

We hit them hard while they're

still surprised. Let's go.

The bomb.

We don't know if there is one.

I'll take over the plane.

-That's what Travis would do.

-I'm not telling you what to do.

But if the DZ-5's on board,

there's a bomb attached. Find it.

Once this plane left, Hassan made

sure there was no turning back.

He's right.

It could be a pressure-switch timer;

if you land or change altitude. . .

. . .anything could set it off.

You must find it before they hit.

We'll look for it

while we're setting up.

Get the tools and bomb kits.

Let's get started.

Tell me what Hassan looks like.

I can't.

What do you mean?

You're the world's expert on him.

The only known photograph of him

was taken over 25 years ago.

Jesus.

But I'd recognize his voice.

I'd know him if I saw him.

I'm telling you, I saw them.

Americans.

Soldiers.

Baker, Station One.

First-class online.

Go ahead.

Okay, I've got one, first-class cabin.

Now another.

Skorpions on both of them.

Grant, do you copy?

I hear them.

Neither one is Hassan.

Four in the main cabin,

two in the galley.

Four with nine millimeter

skorpions, two AKM/FNC's.

Two more patrolling

the rear cabin.

Heavily armed.

Can you hear them in the galley?

Yeah. Yeah, I hear them.

None of them is our man.

This isn't working.

Meet me in the lower galley.

Put on Cappy's vest.

I'm on my way.

All right, clip the cable to your vest.

Put on your carabiner.

I'll winch you up.

Easy.

I got four probes and mikes down there.

It covers the main cabin.

If he's there,

you should find him.

Whatever you do. . .

. . .don't step on the panel

or you'll go through.

I'll try to remember that.

Hey, wait. Lose the shoes, pretty boy.

Hope the smell doesn't

give us away.

Go.

Senator, l--

Shut up!

Do you want to get us killed?

I think we're being presented with

an incredible opportunity here.

For what?

We always wanted to have

a war record for you.

Some edge with the media

that would put you over the top.

Remember the mileage

Jesse Jackson got. . .

. . .when he negotiated

that hostage release?

Yeah.

I'm at the last one.

He's not here.

Maybe he's in the cockpit.

Come on back.

Come on, I got you.

I got you, it's okay.

That's it.

Just keep tugging.

Good. You got it.

Get your arm in over there.

Maintain current course.

Sh*t.

Thanks.

Let's get down from here.

Stop.

What's going on?

I'm sorry, it fell. I was. . .

. . .getting coffee filters.

I don't understand.

How does threatening these people. . .

. . .have anything to do with your cause?

It's not your place to understand.

Just be patient.

It'll all be over very soon.

There's a change.

Maintain our course.

Excuse me.

I'm keeping you from your work.

Are you okay? What happened?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

And guess who I ran into?

Rat.

Forward baggage compartment.

Got something.

I'm on my way.

You wanted to talk to me.

I'm sure you're aware

the official U.S. policy is. . .

. . .no deals with terrorists.

Especially in hostage situations.

I can deal directly with the President.

If you allow me to conduct

the negotiation. . .

. . .I can guarantee your demands.

Money, media exposure,

safe passage to the Middle East.

I understand.

You want to be seen

as the savior of the hostages.

An image that won't hurt you

in the elections.

As powerful an image as you returning

to the Middle East, mission accomplished.

We are both men who truly understand. . .

. . .the importance of making

dramatic statements.

Rest assured, when the time comes,

I will call upon you.

Your theory was right.

Have a look.

You can forget Washington.

There's enough nerve agent here to

wipe out half the eastern seaboard.

Israeli intelligence has identified

the bomb-maker.

He's Jean-Paul Demou.

That's a recent photograph.

French-Algerian.

Former nuclear engineer

with the lraqis.

Lost his family in the Gulf War.

He's been with Jaffa's group since.

That's it?

That's it.

It's been over an hour

and no word from Travis.

We're running out of options.

There's still time.

Instruct the F-1 4's

to be ready to launch.

Issue the press release of

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